The (03-10-10) EURweb Free-4-All Page/Board

Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE.

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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE

Today’s ‘Live Better With Willie Jolley’ Tip: The Old Country Dog

Today’s tip for success is focused on helping you overcome this challenging economy. It is taken from my new book, Turn Setbacks Into Greenbacks.

We can be people who complain and do nothing else or people who stop complaining about what we allow. It’s like the story of the old farmer that was sitting on his porch with his old hound dog. The dog was sitting there howling. A stranger came by and asked the old farmer why the dog was howling and making so much noise. The old farmer replied, “Because he’s sitting on a nail.” The stranger then asked, “Why doesn’t he get up?” The old farmer responded, “Because it doesn’t hurt badly enough!”

Many people will get in line and complain about the situation, but will not do much to change the circumstances. You must make the decision to stay away from the negative talkers who do nothing but complain. Talking about problems without offering solutions creates a lose/lose scenario. It is important that you do not allow yourself to get caught in the trap of complaining about a situation in your life without offering a solution to the problem. Be positive and excited about your future.

Visit my website at www.williejolley.com for more information on turning your setbacks into greenbacks, and make this a great day!

Good Morning all. My daughters “Homegoing” was great. No falling out and stuff. One of her friends forgot where she was at. She had on Club clothes that was the talk of the town. She was so upset that she had to make two trips to the coffin. Everyone was WTF she got on when she passed by twice.LOL

Lindsey Lohan is suing the E-Trade Babies….”Milk-a-whut” …she said everybody knows that they are making fun of her. She’s suing for $100 mil. They keep playing the E-Trade baby saying “Milk-a-whut” and I am cracking up!

Btw, Rayne says hey and that she’ll be back with lots to say after Easter. She gave up EUR and FB for Lent. AS12 – she asked me to tell you that she rented “The Game” and that you are right about it being a good show.

An offensive tackle from a small Division II Christian school, Tony Washington went to Indianapolis virtually unknown. After top performances at the NFL Combine, the Abilene Christian standout has seen his draft stock climb as high as the second round. But he bears the burden of a troubled past – one that’s causing some NFL teams to think twice.

Washington is a registered sex offender.

Until now, he has not publicly addressed the specifics of his situation, but in a statement provided exclusively to SportsFanLive.com, he confirmed what is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life.

“I made a mistake at the age of 16, and for that, I am deeply sorry,” Washington said. “I will not try and excuse or justify anything. I have worked extremely hard to do everything right so that I might have an opportunity to give back. I only hope that someone in the NFL will give me the same opportunity that Abilene Christian and Trinity Valley gave me.”

In May 2003, Washington was convicted of having sex with a relative that multiple NFL and college sources say was his 15-year old biological sister. The act was consensual, according to his college coaches and two NFL scouts, who spoke to him about the incident. The sister does not wish to speak publicly on the case, according to Washington’s agent, who added that the siblings are now on good terms and talk often. Washington received five years probation and did not serve jail time.

Due to the nature of the crime and Washington’s status as a juvenile, records specifically related to the crime itself could not be obtained in requests made to both the Texas Department of Public Safety and the New Orleans Police Department. But if this had been “sexual assault,” Washington’s report on the sex-offender registry would have listed a different offense.

Inside the interview rooms at the Combine, scouts questioned him at length about his past. Some are willing to give him a chance. After all, Washington had the best broad jump among offensive lineman at 9 feet, 6 inches and the sixth-best time in the three-cone drill. Despite that talent, other scouts may not be so forgiving.

Trinity Valley Community College coach Mark Sartain faced the same challenge back in 2005, when he met Washington, then a high school senior.

“He e-mailed me several times asking for an opportunity to play and finally sent me a grainy tape,” Sartain said. “You could barely see him in it.”

The only evidence of his potential as a football player was the massive 6-7, 300-pound frame he carried. Everything else, including his home, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

“Katrina was a total disruption of his life and his high school career,” said Sartain, a coaching veteran of 26 years and father of two, who now heads up the football program at East Texas Baptist University.

Although it was unsettling, Washington’s confession did not cause Sartain to shy away from his young recruit. In fact, because Washington volunteered the information, Sartain realized “this young man deserves a second chance.”

The product of what Sartain calls a “dysfunctional” family, Washington arrived in Athens, Texas, with emotional needs that had long been neglected. “I don’t want to say he was emotionally ‘crippled,’ but with that traumatic time in his life, he skipped a phase, so to speak, in his emotional development,” the coach said.

His unique situation required authorities in both New Orleans and Texas to accept his transfer of residence, something law enforcement officials in his home state of Louisiana initially refused to do. It meant Sartain and his staff had to jump through hoops to get Tony into their program.

“They were ignoring him and not returning calls because they didn’t want to deal with him,” Sartain said. “We had to fight for a couple weeks to get that whole thing done.

Interesting story. The bio sister is a bit of a turnoff. But honestly, if the NFL could allow a noted womanizer like Ben Roethlisberger to continue to cash big checks in the league and any number of social miscreants and in some cases convicted criminals, this kid seems like he deserves a chance to play… especially for a guy who volunteered the information. Gotta at least give him credit.

Happy Wednesday.
I have a situation… A homie of mine sent out this mass email requesting prayer for somebody. I didn’t reply to the email but I did send up a prayer. Said homie then proceeds to send a follow up email saying she didn’t get many responses and hopes everyone got her previous prayer request and to please respond. Me being me, snarled at the email, mumbled ‘b*tch get a life’ and deleted BOTH emails (if there was a way to recall my prayer, I probably would have been ignorant enough to do that too). Am I wrong?

I’m just saying… How are you gonna send a follow up that essentially says nobody RSVP’d to your co-workers prayer chain? If I didn’t think He would strike me down, I’d tell him to cancel my lil prayer.

Love,
I do not respond to chain messages of any kind regardless of who sends them. 👿 And I damn sure ain’t gonna respond to no letter from a friend of a friend. If my momma herself sent me one of those things, it would beg deleted with the quickness. Just saying.

I’m with you on taking back the prayer–assuming God won’t hold you in any type of heavenly contempt of som’n. 🙂

It wasn’t a chain letter, it was about her real life co-worker (some chick I don’t know) and some situation she was going through. She sent it wanted to make sure we all prayed for her co-worker. I guess some folks replied back that they were praying but I didn’t feel the need to reply.

You can’t be playing with prayer like that…Prayer ain’t nuthing to play with…You shoulda sent the e-mail and kept the chain moving…You know what happens to folks who break the chain…fucc-ed up sh1t happens to ’em…You woulda been better off NOT reading it from the jump…If you even THINK it’s a chain e-mail…DELETE IT!!!

Haim and his “Lost Boys” cohort Corey Feldman had a reality show on A&E a couple years back (something like ‘The Two Coreys’ or som’n like that. I used to watch it… always had the thought that Haim was really “lost” after that movie, when his habit ate through his money and he didn’t get gainful employment as an adult actor. Kinda sad. 😥

Good Morning Beautiful Ones! Today’s high is 71 and I’m SOOOO happy! I love the Spring! I wore my new shoes w/ no tights/stockings today. They’re on fb if you wanna see ’em. So, what’s the dealio? *scrolling up*

Good Morning Beautiful Ones! Today’s high is 71 and I’m SOOOO happy! I love the Spring! I wore my new shoes w/ no tights/stockings today. They’re on fb if you wanna see ‘em. So, what’s the dealio? *scrolling up*

Lamar Odom has heard all the talk about his marriage with reality TV star Khloe Kardashian. Some say he married her to become more famous or promote his new clothing line (which got picked up by boutiques such as Kitson after his marriage). Others say he married her to be on a hit TV show.

Odom laughed off such talk as he got ready to play the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

“They can say what they want but I don’t pay too much attention to it and neither does she,” Odom said. “I guess to a lot of people it’s interesting or entertaining but I don’t pay too much attention to it. When I married her I knew what I was signing up for.

“I’m a good dude. I’ve made a good living playing basketball. I don’t have to date someone or marry someone to make a better living. I do pretty well for myself. It’s too bad that people say stuff like that. I don’t think she’s hurt by it. I still love my wife.”

Odom admits he has more fans coming up to him now than he did before, and many of them don’t care how he played last night.

“When I married her and appeared on the show a whole new demographic of people knew who I was,” Odom said. “People come up to me who don’t even care about basketball and say, ‘Oh, we love your wife, can we take a picture?’ That’s just the way it is. You have to expect that. I just try to be myself.”

“I don’t mind people. I can read somebody really quick; the angle that they’re coming at me. If I take a picture with a woman … I’m going to put my hands to my sides. I’m not going to let them put their hands around my waist or anything like that.”

Although Odom isn’t crazy about the “Mr. Kardashian” nickname, he says he loves the other nickname he’s gotten since becoming a married Laker.

“When I married Khloe I turned into a Laker beau, which I’ve never been called before,” Odom said. “Now, I’m a beau. … I didn’t marry her to sell T-shirts but I’d probably marry her to be called a beau. That’s the one thing I do want out of the relationship, to be called a beau.”

My friend/classmates fb status reads: my friend is dating a married man. He doesn’t like her going to the laundry mat. So he takes her and her son’s clothes to his house and washes them while the wife is at work.

1 – why did she feel the need to broadcast that on fb.
2 – i wish a mofo WOULD bring some b*tch’s laundry to MY house and use up all my Tide & Snuggle and run up my water & electricity bill.
3 – why doesn’t he buy his side chick a washing machine/dryer?

Love, I wondered the same thing. She did include how disrespectful this is. I was totally speechless while reading this foolishness. Of course the friend doesn’t see anything wrong with what’s going on.

I’d really have to think long & hard about my fb friends. I’ve deleted folks for lesser offenses.
Somebody asked me the other day why I don’t post stuff about the boyfriend and I had to tell them the LAST thing I want/need is 300 folks commenting on the most personal aspects of my life. I’m liable to end up cutting folks if they step out of line regarding me & him. Some stuff is best left off fb. 😕

I have deleted most of PD’s friends that I mistakingly added in the first place. I’ve also deleted younger cousins. I ain’t got time for foolishness and I DO NOT wanna read a whole buncha cussin & other bs. Lovely, I agree, your personal life SHOULD NOT be broadcast all across fb. That’s a hot ass mess! 😡

12 – I didn’t delete my little cousins, I told on em!! My cousin finally blocked his wall so I couldn’t see his posts but I’m slicker than owl sh*t, I subscribed to his status updates so now they come to my phone. Any time he says something ignorant or cusses, I call his mama and daddy and tell them to go get their son!! He still doesn’t know how they keep finding out but he’s getting more and more respectful on fb.
He didn’t block his pictures so I can still see all the little comments from the skallywags and I have no problem going behind them and commenting ‘these are NOT the type chicks you can EVER bring home to meet the family’ and I double dog dare a huzzy to comment something back!!!!!

lovely, my lil cousin is 24 and I never really liked her anyway so she got deleted. Then my other lil’ cousin lives in Chicago, she’s 21 and I haven’t seen her since she was about 10. So I thought it would be okay to add her…NOT! So she got deleted.

AR, I think I remember you saying awhile back you were considering going natural (read this while chilling in lurkerville). Anyway I was wondering how the process is going? We have a mutual friend (V.R. are her intials) that recently went natural.

Yes I’m going natural. I know have a weave. And I love it. I plan on keeping this hair in at least till April. Then get another weave and leave that in till about July. Then do the big chop. Who is our mutual friend? Do you know me?

No I don’t know you. Once I started receiving friend request from folks on the freeforall board, I would check mutual friends before I would confirm the request. I had to ask A12 who was who. Anyway we’re fb friends my initials are D.L.. I’m from AR too. Besides some of the folks from the board, Veronica is also a mutual friend. Hope all that makes sense

Seriously, I went to court with #2 daughter to try to get her kids back from their dad who wouldn’t return them after the last visitation. YLAWDY did #2 get arrested when the court case was over for having a $114 unpaid parking fine? YLAWDY wouldn’t they just let them give them the money on the spot? YLAWDY did they shackle her hand and feet and take her off to the county jail where we had to go bail her out? YLAWDY do people let their lives be so messy? YLAWDY can’t I just cut people off? AND the biggest YLAWDY of them all: YLAWDY did baby daddy tell the judge he’s had Squeak for 5 months when she won’t even be 5 months old until tomorrow? What, he took her out the womb? File that under: STUPID BITCHASS NINJA

Love: hush its women like you that make it hard for a brother like me whose trying to do better…talking bout you gone be number 42…lol you best believe imma leave it in to…my fav question to ask while im deep in there is…now tell me where you want it? lol with that said @ number 42 answer above question….

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